Schwarzenau am Main / Schwarzach am Main
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coat of arms
Scene Description: Source caption: " Detail, Taufstein, St. Laurentiuskirche, Schwarzenau"
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coat of arms
Scene Description: Source caption: " Detail, Taufstein, St. Laurentiuskirche, Schwarzenau"
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche St. Laurentius, Stadtschwarzacher Straße 16, Schwarzach-Schwarzenau, Saalbau mit Polygonchor, 1592 von Valentin Echter von Mespelbrunn und seiner Frau gestiftet; mit Ausstattung; D-6-75-165-43"
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Innenraum, St. Laurentiuskirche, Schwarzenau" - the font and cover are partially visible on the right of the image
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufstein, St. Laurentiuskirche, Schwarzenau"
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24585SCH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: St. Laurentiuskirche, Schwarzenau
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Stadtschwarzacher Str. 20, 97359 Schwarzach am Main, Germany -- Tel.: +49 9324 98180
Country Name: Germany
Location: Kitzingen, Bayern
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of road 22 with local roads with St2450 and St2271, 10 km NNE of Kitzingen, about 25 km E of Würzburg
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SE corner of the nave
Century and Period: 17th century(early?), Baroque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 1135 dependent church; re-built 1588; became parochial 1609; modified 1776, 19th and 20thC; comprehensive renovation 21stC
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with graded moulded sides, on a round pedestal base profusely carved with foliage and bearing two coats of arms, one has the initials "BS" inscribed on it, the other "AMS"; round lower base. Octagonal gilded cover with a Baptism of Christ in the Jordan scene.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.8038, 10.2156
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 48′ 13.68″ N, 10° 12′ 56.16″ E
UTM: 32U 587471 5517525
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: initials
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "B S / A M S"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]